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Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:56 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:37 pm Definitely. They have largely survived, but the circles are a dying breed. Probably half a dozen in my area have been shut down in my lifetime. A couple on the way to the shore still exist.

I used to work with traffic engineers when I did zoning and planning work. They had all these formulas about the most efficient way to handle traffic at an intersection. Stop signs, traffic lights, circles, overpasses. I forget all the details, but those guys loved to talk traffic flows.

I was exit 131A

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:09 pm The more aggressive driver has the right of way.

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:07 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:37 pm Definitely. They have largely survived, but the circles are a dying breed. Probably half a dozen in my area have been shut down in my lifetime. A couple on the way to the shore still exist.

I used to work with traffic engineers when I did zoning and planning work. They had all these formulas about the most efficient way to handle traffic at an intersection. Stop signs, traffic lights, circles, overpasses. I forget all the details, but those guys loved to talk traffic flows.

Interesting that here in my little part of upstate ny roundabouts are all the brand new rage. They put them in a couple of years ago in the Seabreeze expressway near my house. They replaced traffic lights at 4 intersections. Everybody was confused how they worked at first and many people still have not figured them out yet. They theory was they maintain a flow of traffic going in all directions. The reality is cars entering the roundabout have no clue as to which vehicle has the right if way.

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:09 pm The more aggressive driver has the right of way.

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:29 pm I used to enjoy driving into a circle and staying there, pretending to be a Nascar driver doing loops until there was a fiery crash or needing a pit stop.

I like circles except when the timid are indecisive. Not being able to make a left turn or pump your own gas in NJ was annoying.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:35 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:07 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:37 pm Definitely. They have largely survived, but the circles are a dying breed. Probably half a dozen in my area have been shut down in my lifetime. A couple on the way to the shore still exist.

I used to work with traffic engineers when I did zoning and planning work. They had all these formulas about the most efficient way to handle traffic at an intersection. Stop signs, traffic lights, circles, overpasses. I forget all the details, but those guys loved to talk traffic flows.

Interesting that here in my little part of upstate ny roundabouts are all the brand new rage. They put them in a couple of years ago in the Seabreeze expressway near my house. They replaced traffic lights at 4 intersections. Everybody was confused how they worked at first and many people still have not figured them out yet. They theory was they maintain a flow of traffic going in all directions. The reality is cars entering the roundabout have no clue as to which vehicle has the right if way.

Sea breeze, the amusement park, doesn’t exist still does it? Thought it’s been gone since mid late 2000s.

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:31 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:33 pm a men's softball league is not exactly big time...

I beg your pardon.

I played well into my 50s until one year I didn’t get the organizational meeting email.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:23 pm When I clicked on link and first saw “jughandle animation” I said to myself, “I didn’t know Bill got down like this, maybe I had him all wrong”. Then I realized you were referring to the discussion around driving in Jersey.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:23 pm When I clicked on link and first saw “jughandle animation” I said to myself, “I didn’t know Bill got down like this, maybe I had him all wrong”. Then I realized you were referring to the discussion around driving in Jersey.

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:24 pm

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:23 pm When I clicked on link and first saw “jughandle animation” I said to myself, “I didn’t know Bill got down like this, maybe I had him all wrong”. Then I realized you were referring to the discussion around driving in Jersey.

Oh, yeah. I was one wild cat in my younger days.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:16 pm

Based on some recent news, the Boss is still keeping it real! Or is he?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nj.com ... utType=amp

njbill wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:30 pm Big story around these parts, as you would imagine. We’ll see how it all shakes out, but don’t know how far the prosecution is going to get if he really blew .02.